in a large bowl, mix together all ingredients for the meatballs (except for olive oil)

Heat a large, oven safe skillet over medium heat and add olive oil to the pan. Make balls, 1 inch in size with your hands. It works best of your hands are slightly moist with water. Place in skillet. Repeat.

my friend was coming over for lunch and I didn’t have much time to fix something so I threw this in a pot and I was pleasently surprised by how delicious it was!! well I guess I used 2 pots to make some garlic rice- yum my favorite! A family that I ate with on my mission would make this garlic rice that I died over every time! They make it a lot in brazil…so I guess it’s not Indian to go with this dish but you can add garlic to about anything right? The recipe for this delicious garlic rice will be coming soon!!

ingredients

1.5 tbsp olive oil

1 garlic clove, minced

1/4 onion, chopped finely

1 can chickpeas (540 ml)

1 can diced tomatoes (540 ml)

1/8 tsp cayenne

1 tsp salt

1/2 tsp pepper

1 tsp corn starch

1 cup coconut milk

1 tsp turmeric

1 tbsp garam masala

2 tsp paprika

2 tsp cumin

1 tsp ginger

2 tsp coriander

2 c spinach

directions

Add olive oil, garlic and onion to a pot and let it brown for about 10 minutes.

Add spices, chickpeas, coconut milk, diced tomatoes to the pot. Mix cornstartch with a little bit of water before adding to the pot so it mixes well.

Let it cook for about 15 minutes. Simmer for about 10. Add spinach right before serving and mix together.

I celebrated Valentines day in Utah this year with 2 dates in 1 day. I have never had a valentine, so this was a big deal haha! The funniest part was that they were both named Jared…what are the chances?! But at least I didn’t have to get confused 🙂 Don’t be thinking I’m a player- I was set up on both of these dates… I guess that means you are getting old when you get set up on 2 dates in one day! All I will say is that they were both very entertaining- one was actually hilarious. If you would like to hear the story you can email me 😉

For breakfast I had sweet potato waffles with coconut whip cream topped with raspberries and a strawberry, orange & banana smoothie!